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KEEWATIN , a See also:district of See also:Canada, bounded E. by See also:Committee See also:Bay, See also:Fox Channel, and See also:Hudson and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James bays, S. and S.W. by the See also:Albany and See also:English See also:rivers, See also:Manitoba, See also:Lake See also:Winnipeg, and See also:Nelson See also:river, W. by the tooth See also:meridian, and N. by See also:Simpson and See also:Rae straits and gulf and See also:peninsula of See also:Boothia; thus including an See also:area of 445,000 sq. m. Its See also:surface is in See also:general barren and rocky, studded with innumerable lakes with intervening elevations, See also:forest-clad below 60° N., but usually See also:bare or covered with See also:moss or See also:lichens, forming the so-called " barren lands " of the See also:north. With the exception of a See also:strip of See also:Silurian and Devonian rocks, 40 to 8o m. wide, extending from the vicinity of the See also:Severn river to the See also:Churchill, and several isolated areas of See also:Cambrian and Huronian, the district is occupied by Laurentian rocks. The See also:principal river is the Nelson, which, with its See also:great tributary, the See also:Saskatchewan, is 1450 M. See also:long; other tributaries are the Berens, English, Winnipeg, Red and Assiniboine. The See also:Hayes, Severn and Winisk also flow from the See also:south-See also:west into Hudson Bay, and the Ekwan, Attawapiskat and Albany, 500 M. long, into James Bay. The Churchill, 925 m., Thiewliaza, Maguse, and See also:Ferguson rivers See also:discharge into Hudson Bay on the west See also:side; the Kazan, 500 m., and See also:Dubawnt, 66o m., into See also:Chesterfield Inlet; and Back's river, rising near See also:Aylmer Lake, flows north-eastwards 56o m. to the See also:Arctic Ocean. The principal lakes are St See also:Joseph and Seul on the See also:southern boundary; north-ern See also:part of Lake Winnipeg, 710 ft. above the See also:sea; See also:Island; South See also:Indian; Etawney; Nueltin; Yathkyed, at an See also:altitude of 300 ft.; Maguse; Kaminuriak; See also:Baker, 30 ft.; See also:Aberdeen, 130 ft.; and Garry. The principal islands are See also:Southampton, area 17,800 sq. m.; See also:Marble Island, the usual wintering See also:place for whaling vessels; and See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell and Coats Islands, in Hudson Bay; and Akimiski, in James Bay.
A few small communities at the posts of the Hudson Bay See also:Company constitute practically the whole of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:population. In 1897 there were 852 See also:Indians in the Churchill and Nelson rivers district, but no figures are available for the district as a whole. The principal posts in Keewatin are See also:Norway See also:House, near the outlet of Lake Winnipeg; See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford House, on the lake of the same name; See also:York Factory, at the mouth of Hayes river; and Forts Severn and Churchill, at the mouths of the Severn and Churchill rivers respectively. In 1905 the district of Keewatin was included in the North-West Territories and the whole placed under an See also:administrator or acting See also:governor.
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